SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE,  dated as of June 29, 1999 (the
"Second Supplemental Indenture"), among PLATINUM technology International,  inc.
(formerly PLATINUM  technology,  inc.), a Delaware  corporation (the "Company"),
PLATINUM  technology   Operating,   inc.,  a  Delaware  corporation   ("Platinum
Operating"),  PLATINUM  technology IP, inc., a Delaware  corporation  ("Platinum
IP"), COMPUTER ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Computer
Associates"),  and  AMERICAN  NATIONAL  BANK AND TRUST  COMPANY  OF  CHICAGO,  a
national banking  association  (the  "Trustee"),  as Trustee under the Indenture
referred  to  below.  Capitalized  terms  used and not  defined  in this  Second
Supplemental Indenture are used in this Second Supplemental Indenture as defined
in the Indenture.

                  WHEREAS,  the  Company  and  the  Trustee  are  parties  to an
Indenture,  dated as of December 15, 1997, as supplemented  by the  Supplemental
Indenture,  dated as of January 1, 1999, among the Company,  Platinum Operating,
Platinum IP and the Trustee (as so supplemented,  the "Indenture"),  relating to
$150,000,000 of the Company's 6.25% Convertible Subordinated Notes Due 2002;

                  WHEREAS,  Computer  Associates,  its wholly owned  subsidiary,
HardMetal,  Inc.  ("HardMetal"),  and the Company have entered into an Agreement
and Plan of  Merger,  dated as of  March  29,  1999  (the  "Merger  Agreement"),
pursuant to which,  among other things,  (i) HardMetal  shall be merged with and
into the Company (the  "Merger"),  with the Company  continuing as the surviving
corporation and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Computer Associates, and (ii) at
the effective time of the Merger, all of the outstanding shares of common stock,
par value  $.001 per share (the  "Shares"),  of the  Company  (other than Shares
owned by Computer  Associates,  HardMetal or any Subsidiary of either of them or
held  by  the  Company  as  treasury  stock  (which  shall  be  canceled)  or by
stockholders  exercising appraisal rights under the Delaware General Corporation
Law) will be converted  into the right to receive $29.25 in cash for each Share,
without interest;

                  WHEREAS,   Section  5.1  of  the  Indenture   permits  another
corporation  to merge  with and into the  Company  provided  certain  terms  and
conditions are satisfied;

                  WHEREAS,  Section 12.6 of the  Indenture  provides in relevant
part that,  upon the merger of any other  Person with or into the  Company,  the
Company shall, as a condition  precedent to such merger,  execute and deliver to
the Trustee a supplemental  indenture  providing Holders with certain continuing
conversion rights;

                  WHEREAS, the Company and Computer Associates desire to execute
this Second Supplemental  Indenture pursuant to Section 12.6 of the Indenture to
provide for continuing  conversion  rights of the Holders in connection with the
Merger;

                  WHEREAS,  the  Company  has  furnished  the  Trustee  with  an
Officer's  Certificate  and  an  Opinion  of  Counsel  relating  to  the  Second
Supplemental  Indenture as required by Sections  5.1 and 12.6 of the  Indenture;
and




                  WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Second Supplemental
Indenture a valid supplement of the Indenture have been satisfied.

                  NOW,  THEREFORE,  each party  hereto,  for the  benefit of the
other parties hereto and the equal and proportionate  benefit of the Holders, is
executing and delivering this Second Supplemental Indenture and hereby agrees as
follows:

                                   ARTICLE ONE

                            Assumption of Obligations

                  SECTION 1. Computer  Associates  hereby assumes as a joint and
several obligor with the Company,  Platinum  Operating and Platinum IP, from and
after the Effective Time (as defined below), the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and interest  (including  Additional Amounts, if any, or Additional
Interest,  if any) on all of the  Securities  and the  performance of all of the
other  obligations  of  the  Company,  Platinum  Operating  and  Platinum  IP in
connection with the Securities and the Indenture.

                  SECTION  2.  Computer   Associates,   the  Company,   Platinum
Operating and Platinum IP, from and after the  Effective  Time, by virtue of the
assumption  by Computer  Associates,  as set forth in Section 1 of this  Article
One, and the delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture,  shall be joint and
several obligors under the Indenture.

                                   ARTICLE TWO

                                   Definitions

                  SECTION 1. The  following  terms shall be added to Section 1.1
of the Indenture in their respective appropriate alphabetical places:

                           "Computer   Associates"  means  Computer   Associates
         International,  Inc.,  a Delaware  corporation,  and shall  include its
         successors and assigns.

            "Effective Time" means the effective time of the Merger.

                           "Merger"  means the  merger  of  HardMetal,  Inc.,  a
         Delaware   corporation  and  a  wholly  owned  subsidiary  of  Computer
         Associates,  with and into the Company,  with the Company continuing as
         the surviving  corporation,  pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and
         Plan of Merger, dated as of March 29, 1999, among the Company, Computer
         Associates and HardMetal, Inc.




                                  ARTICLE THREE

                      Continuation of Conversion Privilege

                  SECTION 1. As a result of the  Merger,  without  any action on
the part of any Holders and in accordance with the provisions of Section 12.6 of
the  Indenture,  from and after the  Effective  Time and during the period  such
Securities  shall be  convertible as specified in Section 12.1 of the Indenture,
the Holder of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities then outstanding  shall
have the right to convert such  Securities  only into cash in an amount equal to
$29.25  multiplied  by the  number of shares of Common  Stock  into  which  such
Security might have been converted immediately prior to the Merger.

                                  ARTICLE FOUR

                                  Miscellaneous

                  SECTION 1. As amended by this Second  Supplemental  Indenture,
the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed,  and as so supplemented
by this Second Supplemental  Indenture shall be read, taken and construed as one
and the same instrument.

                  SECTION 2. The Trustee shall not be  responsible in any manner
whatsoever for the correctness of the recitals of facts herein, all of which are
made by the Company,  Platinum Operating,  Platinum IP and Computer  Associates,
and the Trustee shall not be responsible or accountable in any manner whatsoever
for or with respect to the  validity,  execution or  sufficiency  of this Second
Supplemental Indenture.

                  SECTION 3. This Second  Supplemental  Indenture shall become a
legally  effective  and binding  instrument  upon the later of (i) execution and
delivery hereof by all parties hereto, and (ii) the Effective Time.

                  SECTION  4.  This  Second  Supplemental   Indenture  shall  be
governed  in  accordance  with the laws of the State of New York,  as applied to
contracts made and performed within the State of New York, without regard to the
principles of conflicts of law.

                  SECTION 5. This Second Supplemental  Indenture may be executed
in any number of counterparts and all such counterparts  taken together shall be
deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.





                  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed.

                                               PLATINUM               technology
                                               International, inc.


                                               By:
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:

                                               PLATINUM technology
                                               Operating,inc.


                                               By:
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:

                                               PLATINUM technology IP, inc.


                                               By:
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:

                                               COMPUTER ASSOCIATES
                                               INTERNATIONAL, INC.


                                               By:
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title:

                                               AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK AND TRUST
                                               COMPANY OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE


                                               By:
                                                  Name:
                                                  Title: